So will John Stamos' butt break the Internet? Probably not. But it does make us feel something...and that something is...mild discomfort? Yes, as the ELLE.com chatroom digested the photo that seemed to be the prevailing sentiment. So the next question is, well, why?

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Is it because it's Uncle Jesse's butt? A 52-year-old butt? Or is it just because it's a male butt?

Don't get me wrong, John Stamos has a perfectly nice butt—as far as butts go, it's actually very nice, I'd say. But what's notable—and somewhat discomfiting—about this photo is that Stamos is the subject of the male gaze.

We're not used to seeing male butts so coyly posed—his foot is arched just-so to pop out his hip, his hands run through his hair. It's a pose typically reserved for women, presented for us to ogle.